Music Business News: North America

Capitol Records strikes partnership with Top Dawg Entertainment, signs breakout artist Doechii

Signing comes three months after Michelle Jubelirer took on the role Capitol Music Group Chair & CEO

Partisan Records launches publishing division Left Music, headed up by Craig Michie

Company has also signed a global administration agreement with Sony Music Publishing UK.

Universal Music Publishing Group strikes strategic alliance with podcast studio Audio Up

Additionally, UMPG signed an exclusive, global publishing agreement with songwriter, producer and Audio Up CEO, "Jingle Jared" Gutstadt.

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Sony Music Publishing partners with Girls Make Beats to host songwriting and composing workshop for young women

Collaboration launches Sony Music Group’s 2nd annual Beyond The Instrument program

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Mike Whelan named Senior Vice President and General Manager of Round Hill Music Nashville

Whelan began his career in 1986, working with producer Norro Wilson and songwriters such as Steve Cropper and Mentor Williams

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After raising $34m, music funding platform beatBread names Advocacy Council including Mike Caren and more

Execs to give feedback on new features planned for the beatBread platform

Interviews

‘Our industry has become so meshed with technology, yet we’re still battling to get many of those companies to see the value of music.’

Music business lawyer Erin M. Jacobson discusses lessons learned across her career, what managers and artists should be wary of from a legal perspective, exciting developments in music, and much more besides

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Zach Katz launches new music company, Carte Blanche, and joins FaZe Clan board

Zach Katz, the former President of BMG in the US and the co-founder of Scooter Braun’s Raised In Space, has quietly launched a new venture in music. Katz left Raised In Space – the L.A-based music-tech fund launched in 2019 – to start his own venture, Carte Blanche, earlier this year. A description on Katz’s … Continued